Purchase Checchi & Magli Transplanter
Forest Service · USDA-FS, CSA EAST 3
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 12444126Q0068 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 18, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC has a need for a two-row transplanter optimized for sweetpotato slips with land-wheel ground drive system, finger-style distributors for precise plant spacing and parallelogram system for consistent depth control as described in the attached Statement… (show all)
of Work (SOW). This Solicitation 12444126Q0068 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Purchase and Delivery of a Brand Name Checchi & Magli Foxdrive + Transplanter under full and open competition. The following documents are attached to this solicitation: C04 SF1449 & Combined Synopsis 12444126Q0068 C04 SOW Transplanter A05 Checchi & Magli Brand Name J&A Redacted Quote Due Date Quotes are due no later than 10AM Eastern Time on Thursday, September 24th, 2026 to Tina.Pettyjohn@usda.gov. Please include the solicitation number and name as the subject line of your e-mail. �Quote for 12444126Q0068 � Purchase Checchi & Magli Transplanter�
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Forest Service), same NAICS 333111.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECHNOLOGISTY LLC | 1 | $140K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| C-LOCK, INC. | 1 | $61K | Sep 9, 2026 |
| BRAVO, INC. · $CCZ | 1 | $50K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| RKJ, LLC | 1 | $28K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| RIPPING IT OUTDOORS LLC | 1 | $24K | Aug 21, 2025 |
| Unique Technology Systems LLC | 1 | $16K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| POWERLAND EQUIPMENT, INC | 1 | $12K | Jul 21, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Sep 30, 2026TECHNOLOGISTY LLC$140KFlail Mowers
- Sep 30, 2026Unique Technology Systems LLC$16KPurchase Checchi & Magli Transplanter
- Sep 29, 2026RKJ, LLC$28KOrchard Air-Blast Sprayer, Pecan Breeding & Genetics Program, ARS Facility, USDA
- Sep 24, 2026BRAVO, INC.$50KSecondary Tillage Disk
- Sep 9, 2026C-LOCK, INC.$61KSole Source Award for GreenFeed Dual?Bin Free?Stall System
- Jul 21, 2026POWERLAND EQUIPMENT, INC$12KBoom Arm Repair Angeles National Forest
- Aug 21, 2025RIPPING IT OUTDOORS LLC$24KSkid Steer Mulching Head Gila National Forest
Competitive landscape
For the 7 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Forest Service since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Forest Service job
- $167K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 15 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.